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#1 of 10 My car's maintenance!!! by mycamaro1 Feb 23, 2004 (8:34 am)
ok, i have had my 96 camaro for 2 years now. it is the base model. Up until last July, has been good. all of a sudden i need repairs done and maintenance. last summer, i had a new serpentine belt installed, a muffler, new battery...i don't mind maint...that is normal. but 2 months ago needed a thermostat and water pump, now i need new fuel lines due to a leak! what's next!?? anybody else have had repairs needed for a few months straight? Are these cars known to fall apart after so long? i only have 58k miles on it. i try to keep up with the maintenance schedule, but i feel like what's the point? I like driving it, and it is a nice car, but i don't want issues to continue for the next year that i am keeping it. i can't afford it! anyone have advice for keeping it running strong? thanks!
#2 of 10 hmmm, 8-year-old car? not surprised myself by swschrad Feb 23, 2004 (10:21 pm)
the fuel line leaks are a little unexpected, and the water pump is marginal for replacement at 50,000 miles unless you had nasty old coolant in there with its rust, chunks of flaked silicate "protectant" acting as abrasive, and lack of pump lubrication. but the rest is all in line with the maintenance needs of a 5 to 8 year old car.   I assume your serpentine belt has an automatic spring tensioner, as overtightened V-belts in the old days of "push in a half inch and it's good" tensioning killed many a water pump's front bearing.   best advice I can give you is keep it clean on both the shiny side and the greasy side (crud like road salt can deteriorate steel fuel and brake lines), do maintenance as recommended in the manual for your driving style, and don't cheat the schedules or use crummy who's-he parts. this includes the maintenance tasks like lubricating the seat slides, door locks and hood latches, steering coupling and sway links and bushings in the suspension.   start missing maintenance, and things fail faster.
#3 of 10 fuel lines not made for my car by mycamaro1 Feb 24, 2004 (7:30 am)
well since my car is not made anymore, the chevy dealer cannot find the fuel lines to go with it. they are calling all over. anyone have any ideas of where these can be found for my car?
#4 of 10 Fuel lines by wtd44 Feb 24, 2004 (8:36 am)
Having "spewed gasoline" while traversing a high rise bridge over New Orleans in my IH Travelall many years ago, I can tell you that gasoline lines can be custom made up by (probably) most any reputable shop. I do not know of a reason why you should have to have prefabricated "drop in" lines for your Camaro. If the end fittings at the beginning and ending points of any gas line are some sort of standardized type, the gasoline tubing between them can be cut to length and shaped as needed by the shop you select. Ask them, obviously, if they can/will do this.
#5 of 10 by alcan Feb 24, 2004 (8:37 am)
Any well equipped repair shop should have in stock one of the half dozen brands of aftermarket repair kits for plastic fuel lines. Try calling a shop which specializes in fuel injection systems.
#6 of 10 PLASTIC? by wtd44 Feb 24, 2004 (8:43 am)
oH, my gosh!
#7 of 10 wtd44 by badgerfan Feb 24, 2004 (8:53 am)
Nothing at all wrong with plastic fuel lines. No chance of corroding like old metal fuel lines used to do. They've been in many new cars since the late 1980's. My 1990 Taurus had em. I would guess by now just about every manufacturer has switched over.
#8 of 10 by Mr_Shiftright HOST Feb 25, 2004 (12:22 pm)
Unless you LEAN on 'em too hard!
#9 of 10 by wtd44 Feb 25, 2004 (2:01 pm)
Can these plastic lines be interdicted and repaired, or are we talking entire line replacement pieces only?
#10 of 10 by alcan Feb 25, 2004 (2:18 pm)
Repaired. Half a dozen companies make kits specifically for joining high pressure plastic fuel lines.

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